Why are local health workers important for the success of the National Population Policy?

Correct answer: They can take the policy to households as information and service

Direct answer: A, local health workers can take information and services to households. They act as a practical link between communities and the formal health system. Because they work near people’s homes, they can explain health messages, encourage immunisation and antenatal care, provide or guide access to family-planning services, identify concerns and refer people to suitable facilities. This makes a policy more reachable and useful, especially where distance or lack of information is a barrier. B is wrong because weather prediction is not their defining policy role. C concerns minerals, and D concerns river engineering; neither provides population or health services. Memory cue: local workers connect policy with people.